Patrick queenan



l. QUEENAN.

SOOT PAN.

No. 462,735. Patented Nov. 10,1891.

.l m/ T e UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PATRICK QUEENAN, OF OKLAHOMA, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY.

SCOT-PAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 462,735, dated November 10, 1891.

Application tiled January 17, 1891. Serial No. 378,177. (No model.)

T0 all whom t nur/y concern.'

Be it known that I, PATRICK QUEENAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oklahoma city, in the county of Oklahoma and Territory of Oklahoma, have invented and produced a new and original Scot-Pan, of which the following is a speciiication, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part thereof.

The invention relates to improvements in soot-pans.

The object ot' the present invention is to provide for chimneys and iiues constructed ot' brick and masonry a soot-pan adapted to be placed in a chimney or flue to catch the soot falling therein and capable of enabling the soot to be readily removed without spilling the same.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended cla-im.

In the drawings, Figure l is a vertical sectional vieW of a due provided with a 'soot-pan constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the pan. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the tliimble.

Referring` to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates a soot-pan constructed of sheet metal and adapted to be placed in a horizont-al opening` 2 of a chimney or flue 3 to catch soot falling therein and to enable the same to be readily removed. The pan is constructed of sheet metal and is composed of a bottom fl, sides 5, and a front 6, the rear orinner end of the pan being open and the rear or nner ends 7 of the sides being beveled. The

front or outer face 6 of the pan is enlarged and is greater than a cross-section of the pan, so as to cover the opening 2 of the chimney or flue. The opening 2 is rectangular, and a rectangular thimble 8 is arranged in the opening and is constructed of sheet metal and lits snugly around the pan and prevents an eX- cess of soot being carried out by the pan and spilling upon the door. The tliimble S is slightly wider than the thickness of the chimney or flue 3 and has its end edges 9 bent upward against the inner and outer faces of the iiue or chimney, whereby the thimble is secured in place. An aperture or opening can be made in a chimney or flue after the same has been erected, and the thiinble can be inserted and readily secured in place by bending the end edges against vthe chimney or ilue.

lVhen it is desired to remove the soot, the pan may be withdrawn and emptied, and if it has been neglected and a large amount has accumulated it is only necessary to insert and Withdraw the pan a suiiicient number of times.

The pan, while in place, entirely iills and covers the aperture, so that no soot or ashes can escape, and when it is removed nothing except What is brought out in it is carried along.

A soot-pan composed of a bottom, parallel sides, and an enlarged front, and having its rear or inner end open, combined with the rectangular thimble snugly fitting the pan, substantially as described.

PATRICK QUEENAN.

IVitnesses:

II. H. HOWARD, P. G. BURNS. 

